Expect to see lots of big price cuts on short term deals to reduce inventory. People are not buying luxury items and inventory is piling up. Stores must pay their bills and sometimes take losses or sell at cost.

Don't expect Canon to invest millions on tooling for new products that are not going to sell. They can cut prices on existing products and still scrape out a fair profit. Even the 70D is said to be slow selling, if there is a item you need, just wait and it will be on sale. The big white lenses don't go on sale though (300mm f/2.8 and higher)

Geez if I were still in the Canon camp I'd be jumping all over that one. I used to have one of those bad boys back in my 1D and 20D days. it rendered some amazing shots and was super sharp. I know people don't tend to like the pump design, but it never hampered me. What a sweet lens for that price.....